what are the funtions of the lungs? 10 points?

Answer 1

The lungs have small cavities called the alveoli which separate oxygen from the air. These have blood vesels that bring blood from the heart and the blood exchanges the carbon dioxide with the oxygen. This blood is then transported back to the heart from where it gets distributed to the rest of the body.
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Answer 2

Breathing. Air which is 20% oxygen and the rest mainly nitrogen goes into the lungs into all the little chambers which have very thin membranes allowing the oxygen in the air to come into contact with the blood stream. Some of the oxygen dissolves into the water in the blood, but the nitrogen cannot dissolve so it stays in the lungs. The oxygen is used to produce energy and because it reacts in the mitochondria (or power stations) of your cells and gives off carbon dioxide which the blood takes back to the lungs for you to breathe out with all that nitrogen.

Answer 3

The main function of the lung is to provide continuous gas exchange between inspired air and the blood in the pulmonary circulation, supplying oxygen and removing carbon dioxide, which is then cleared from the lungs by subsequent expiration.

Answer 4

Stop breathing, and you will find out. The lungs are the "Grand Central Station" of gases that transport across the lung both ways, waste gases from the blood to be exhaled and oxygen-rich gas from the air to be incorporated in red blood cells.

Answer 5

The lungs are paired thoracic organs with MANY functions:

ventilation and gas exchange

elimination of wastes and carbon dioxide

production of hormones

filtering of clots, bubbles and other debris from the venous system, and the dissolution of small clots

provide cushioning for vital internal structures (such as the heart and the great blood vessels)

Answer 6

Your lungs are the bags that inhale oxygen through the esophagus in exchange for carbon dioxide.

Answer 7

Take in oxygen, expel carbon dioxide

Answer 8

gas exchange

Answer 9

ventilation